אָכַל

a.khal

Hebrew H0398 Verb 810 occurrences in 701 verses
אָכַל to eat

1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed

a. (Qal)

1. to eat (human subject)

2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

3. to devour, consume (of fire)

4. to devour, slay (of sword)

5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

6. to devour (of oppression)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be eaten (by men)

2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

c. (Pual)

1. to cause to eat, feed with

2. to cause to devour

d. (Hiphil)

1. to feed

2. to cause to eat

e. (Piel)

1. consume

Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

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Concordance 701 verses

  1. Genesis 2:16 אָכֹ֥לתֹּאכֵֽל׃

    And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

  2. Genesis 2:17 תֹאכַ֖לאֲכָלְךָ֥

    but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

  3. Genesis 3:1 תֹֽאכְל֔וּ

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

  4. Genesis 3:2 נֹאכֵֽל׃

    The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

  5. Genesis 3:3 תֹֽאכְלוּ֙

    but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

  6. Genesis 3:5 אֲכָלְכֶ֣ם

    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

  7. Genesis 3:6 וַתֹּאכַ֑לוַיֹּאכַֽל׃

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

  8. Genesis 3:11 אֲכָל־אָכָֽלְתָּ׃

    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

  9. Genesis 3:12 וָאֹכֵֽל׃

    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

  10. Genesis 3:13 וָאֹכֵֽל׃

    Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

  11. Genesis 3:14 תֹּאכַ֖ל

    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

  12. Genesis 3:17 וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙תֹאכַ֖לתֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה

    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

  13. Genesis 3:18 וְאָכַלְתָּ֖

    Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

  14. Genesis 3:19 תֹּ֣אכַל

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

  15. Genesis 3:22 וְאָכַ֖ל

    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

  16. Genesis 6:21 יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל

    You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

  17. Genesis 9:4 תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

    But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

  18. Genesis 14:24 אָֽכְל֣וּ

    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

  19. Genesis 18:8 וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

  20. Genesis 19:3 וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

    But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

  21. Genesis 24:33 לֶאֱכֹ֔לאֹכַ֔ל

    Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

  22. Genesis 24:54 וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ

    Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

  23. Genesis 25:34 וַיֹּ֣אכַל

    Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

  24. Genesis 26:30 וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ

    So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

  25. Genesis 27:4 וְאֹכֵ֑לָה

    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

  26. Genesis 27:7 וְאֹכֵ֑לָה

    ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

  27. Genesis 27:10 וְאָכָ֑ל

    Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

  28. Genesis 27:19 וְאָכְלָה֙

    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”

  29. Genesis 27:25 וְאֹֽכְלָה֙וַיֹּאכַ֔ל

    “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

  30. Genesis 27:31 וְיֹאכַל֙

    He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

  31. Genesis 27:33 וָאֹכַ֥ל

    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

  32. Genesis 28:20 לֶאֱכֹ֖ל

    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

  33. Genesis 31:15 וַיֹּ֥אכַלאָכ֖וֹל

    Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

  34. Genesis 31:38 אָכָֽלְתִּי׃

    I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

  35. Genesis 31:40 אֲכָלַ֥נִי

    As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  36. Genesis 31:46 וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ

    and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

  37. Genesis 31:54 לֶאֱכָל־וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ

    Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

  38. Genesis 32:32 יֹאכְל֨וּ

    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

  39. Genesis 37:20 אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ

    “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

  40. Genesis 37:25 לֶֽאֱכָל־

    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

  41. Genesis 37:33 אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ

    His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

  42. Genesis 39:6 אוֹכֵ֑ל

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

  43. Genesis 40:17 אֹכֵ֥ל

    In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

  44. Genesis 40:19 וְאָכַ֥ל

    Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

  45. Genesis 41:4 וַתֹּאכַ֣לְנָה

    And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,

  46. Genesis 41:20 וַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙

    Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.

  47. Genesis 43:2 לֶאֱכֹ֣ל

    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

  48. Genesis 43:16 יֹאכְל֥וּ

    When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”

  49. Genesis 43:25 יֹ֥אכְלוּ

    Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

  50. Genesis 43:32 הָאֹכְלִ֤יםלֶאֱכֹ֤ל

    They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

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